HC3 Similarity Forecast automatic access ("+ Add meteo" Optional)

Last update: Jan. 2018

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Automatic access to satellite-derived solar radiation database HelioClim-3 Similarity Forecast (data for tomorrow). The Similarity Forecast method explores the HelioClim-3 database to find similar meteorological events in the past in order to make an estimation of the next day irradiation values. We recommend to use this service after sunset today to retrieve the most pertinent data for tomorrow. Please for a quotation and receive your SoDa credentials.

Automatic access to HelioClim-3 together Meteo variables is also described ("+Add Meteo" option). Meteo variables are extracted from GFS (NCEP).

Rename the text file with the .bat extension and double click on it to retrieve the output_HC3-Current-Day_wget.csv output file (Windows environment). Rename the text file with a .sh extension and run it using >my_script.sh in a Unix environment.

login/password authentication: login and password provided by the SoDa team to access HelioClim-3 within the framework of your subscription. Note that a free permanent automatic access is set up for the site of Carpentras, France, where a Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN) station is available with the login/password guest/guest

Automatic access using CURL

You can also automatically retrieve time series using the CURL command. The advantage is two fasten the requests by an approx. factor of 2. Note that all parameters described in the WGET section are valid for CURL, except that CURL outputs don't have any header. Don't forget to set the date for tomorrow!